@article {1135, title = {Three rarely encountered and one new Culiseta species (Diptera: Culicidae) in Germany.}, journal = {Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association}, volume = {31}, year = {2013}, month = {19/12/13}, pages = {36-39}, abstract = {

With few exceptions, systematic large-scale field studies on the mosquito fauna have not been performed in Germany for decades. Thus, up-to-date data on the occurrence and distribution of the indigenous mosquito species are lacking. In particular, there is no information on whether once rare and restrictively occurring species are still present. Here we describe the recent finding of four Culiseta species rarely encountered in Germany: Cs. alaskaensis, Cs. glaphyroptera and Cs. ochroptera, which have always been considered endemic but were seldom found and last reported a long time ago, and Cs. longiareolata, which has recently been found to have established in southern Germany.


}, author = {Kampen, Helge and Kronefeld, Mandy and Zielke, Dorothee and Werner, Doreen} } @article {1134, title = {The geographic distribution of mosquito species in Sweden}, journal = {Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association}, volume = {31}, year = {2013}, month = {11/2013}, pages = {21-35}, abstract = {

Surveillance of the actual distribution of mosquito species in Northern Europe is fundamental for evaluating risk for emerging pathogens, and for research on potential vectors. The Swedish mosquito fauna composition and geographic distribution, originally described by Professor Christine Dahl in the 1970\´s, included 43 species. We have compiled the information published from 1978 to 2012, and our own surveillance data from 2001 to 2013, and compared this with the species list and geographic distribution provided in \“Taxonomy and geographic distribution of Swedish Culicidae\” by Dahl (1977). New species detected during these 36 years were Culiseta (Culicella) ochroptera (Peus, 1935) published 1984, Aedes (Aedes) rossicus Dolbeskin, Goritzkaja \& Mitrofanova, 1930 published 1986, Anopheles (Anopheles) beklemishevi published 1986, Aedes (Ochlerotatus) euedes (Howard, Dyar \& Knab, 1912) published 2001, Aedes (Ochlerotatus) nigrinus (Eckstein, 1918) first recorded in 2012, and Anopheles (Anopheles) algeriensis Theobald, 1903, first recorded in 2013. We provide maps with the distribution by province for each species, including historic information up until 1977, and new records from 1978 to 2013, showing the similarities and differences between the old and the new records. Important findings in recent years include the wide distribution of the Sindbis virus enzootic vector Culex (Culex) torrentium Martinii, 1925, and the more limited distribution of the potential West Nile virus vector Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758. The updated list of mosquito species in Sweden now includes 49 species.

}, keywords = {CDC Light Trap, Counter-flow trap, Culicidae, mosquito distribution, mosquito surveillance, Sweden}, author = {Lundstr{\"o}m, Jan O. and Sch{\"a}fer, Martina L. and Hesson, Jenny C. and Blomgren, Eric and Lindstr{\"o}m, Anders and Wahlqvist, Pernilla and Halling, Arne and Hagelin, Anna and Ahlm, Clas and Evander, Magnus and Broman, Tina and Forsman, Mats and Persson Vinnersten, Thomas Z.} } @article {1133, title = {First records of the thermophilic mosquito Culiseta longiareolata (Macquart, 1838) in Austria, 2012, and in Slovenia, 2013}, journal = {Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association}, volume = {31}, year = {2013}, month = {11/2013}, pages = {17-20}, abstract = {

During a West Nile virus surveillance programme, Culiseta longiareolata (Macquart, 1838) was discovered for the first time in Austria. Two larvae and one female imago were collected from an artificial water storage container in the wine-growing village of Gamlitz (province of Styria) on July 12, 2012 at 450 m.a.s.l., 46\°4058,2\´N, 15\°3151,4\´E. Additional specimens of Cs. longiareolata were found on September 8, 2012, when numerous larvae were detected in used car tyres about 160 km westward, in the region of Finkenstein (province of Carinthia). A third site containing larvae of Cs. longiareolata was discovered on October 10, 2012, near Althofen about 60 km northeast of the Finkenstein location. Previously, in May 2012, the latter two sites were negative for Cs. longiareolata. In autumn 2013 Cs. longiareolata was reconfirmed in Carinthia and the first record detected for Slovenia with larvae collected from a rain barrel in a location approximately 6 km north-northeast of the city of Maribor, on September 1, 2013 at 288 m.a.s.l., 46\°3959,8\´N, 15\°3942,2\´E. It is proposed that Cs. longiareolata was not passively introduced along a major transportation route, but has either actively invaded from neighbouring Italy and Slovenia into the south of Austria within the last few decades and/or has remained undetected owing to its cryptic occurrence on account of its belated activity at the end of summer and during autumn.

}, keywords = {Austria, Culiseta longiareolata, first records, Slovenia}, author = {Seidel, Bernhard and Nowotny, Norbert and Duh, Darja and Indra, Alexander and Hufnagl, Peter and Allerberger, Franz} } @article {1132, title = {Rediscovery of Anopheles algeriensis Theob. (Diptera: Culicidae) in Germany after half a century}, journal = {Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association}, year = {2013}, month = {01/2013}, pages = {14-16}, abstract = {

Anopheles algeriensis, a mosquito species primarily found in the Mediterranean region and susceptible to Plasmodium spp., is one of seven Anopheles species previously reported from Germany. However, the last record dates back to 1958. Whether it was\ really absent since then or whether this is just a sign of neglected mosquito studies over several decades is unclear. The present\ study is part of a nationwide mosquito mapping project launched in 2011. We describe larval dip collections of An. algeriensis in\ 2013 from the inland salt meadow \“Brenner Moor\”, located in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, which represents the most\ northerly of all German An. algeriensis collection sites known so far. Despite several mosquito mapping projects carried out in\ Germany over recent years, An. algeriensis has not been detected within the last 55 years. Therefore this species appears to be\ extremely rare or at least rurally localised. Hence, it remains a very low risk vector in terms of autochthonous malaria\ transmission in Germany. Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association 31: 14-16, 2013

}, keywords = {Anopheles algeriensis, Culicidae, Germany}, author = {Kr{\"u}ger, Andreas and Tannich, Egbert} }